WTB: A Shitty Old Truck !

[JohnC]

Can we go back to more suggestions on pickup trucks ?

It would kickass to come back on topic after 5 pages I don't know if you read what I posted up a couple pages, but I'd go for an F series, just because they've got a beefy drivetrain (F-250+), lots of available parts, are super easy to work on (compared to other things I've worked on) and are also pretty damn cheap. Thats just me, though.

[Chris]

jeezuss...

soo when will you be in the market for this truck? Have you started the new job yet? (you prob said so 5 pages earlier, I just don't remember).

[Mike]

:roll: I'm starting to be reminded of why I stopped posting on this forum in the first place.

Nice when these things solve themselves :lol:

......You and your wife were some of the cooler ones I've met John ! Such hate =/

Hahahaha... We're elitest dicks too, sorry to dissapoint :oops:

elitist dick? shit, i'm a champion.

[WRXtranceformed]

I start on Monday, and the recruiter told me I have generally a month to get a pickup truck. I think the allowance comes on immediately for it which is pretty sick. So pretty much asap on buying the pickup !

John, I may give Fords more thought. Cheap is good, cheap parts are good. Have you guys seen any good local Fords down in your area for sale ?

I'll post the few ads I've found that looked really promising a little later and see what you guys think. Gonna run downstairs and session old school NBA JAM on the Sega with a friend for a bit ^_^

[BLINGMW]

Sorry to be late to the thread jacking party, I was gonna keep my mouth shut. WAS gonna.

As far as my on-topic 2cents, I'd stick japanese as well. Since it sounds like you will usually be driving around empty, you might as well get something with good economy. While an F150 or 250 is cheap and fairly hard to kill, it's also overkill and those V8's are thirsty. Something small and 4cyl, maybe a 6, I think you're on the right track. Personally I would consider a minivan, something like the Mazda MPV, unless you think you might be picking up a fridge or something that would be tall.

Sorry we come off as elitist dicks sometimes. I don't know why you see it that way. We just don't want you dead. Or you killing others. Or ending up in jail. Or not being able to afford insurance. Or even just getting a simple speeding ticket now and then. It sucks.

You said, "you can't honestly tell me you've never done something stupid on the highway". That's the whole point. Most of us have. Some of us have the poor insurance rates, licence points, empty pockets, and minor life-long injuries to prove it. We're trying to share our experience with you instead of watching you suffer through it yourself. And we're by no means the best examples. Some of us still DO some stupid stuff. We STILL haven't learned.

So look at someone older. You'll have a very hard time finding someone over 30 that hasn't let his desire to be a jackass on the roads fade. Over 40? Good luck. Unless he's a backwoods hick with an IQ of less than 60. That's because they've learned that it just doesn't pay. And if they're still hard-core car enthusiasts that like to spend every dime on their car, they're at some kind of track, or at a car show.

So we're all learning together. Spend the $$ on the driver, not the car. Get it off the streets. And if you must spend $$, spend it on safety equipment and making the car reliable. THEN on making it faster. Sometimes hard lessons to learn. Hopefully you won't have to learn the hard way.

As far as the actual driver's school experience goes. Your car is plenty fast and capable. Probably already too much power for a beginner, which trust us, you are. We all are or were. But it isn't a race. If you're worried about who's going to beat you, and who you're going to have to let pass you, and you get your ego all tied up in it, you aren't going to learn much. You'll be working to "beat" people who weren't racing you. Guess who the loser of that race is? You'll learn more with less car to work with because you'll be forced to figure out how to keep up your speed without relying on an oversized loud pedal. You'll be able to more safely explore the "edge" when you aren't driving a car with very high potential.

Trust me. You will be able to scare yourself plenty with your car as it is currently. And then you'll have visions of the thing flipped over in a tire wall, take a second look at your budget, and assuming you aren't making big $$$, you might even decide to track something slower and with less value. Evan's experience is frightenly close. Why not listen to his reason why doesn't track his WRX anymore?

I hope you hang around. This is a good group of speed junkies, hopefully working to reform our dangerous street fantasies. And we're always open to having more join us in the fun. See you at the track. :?:

[Dave]

Trust me. You will be able to scare yourself plenty with your car as it is currently. And then you'll have visions of the thing flipped over in a tire wall, take a second look at your budget, and assuming you aren't making big $$$, you might even decide to track something slower and with less value. Evan's experience is frightenly close. Why not listen to his reason why he doesn't track his WRX anymore?

same reason i don't drive the supra on track any more either.

[.RJ]

same reason i don't drive the supra on track any more either.

And why I bought a Miata....

[ScottyB]

why I bought a Miata....

it certainly wasn't to get chicks..... :lol:

[.RJ]

:middlefinger:

[Maengelito]

why I bought a Miata....

it certainly wasn't to get chicks..... :lol:

lol

oh yeah and why i dont wanna track the STi

[Nis01]

I'm missing out on the story... but I guess I probably don't want to know considering the only car I will most likely track is the WRX since I don't have extra cash laying around to buy a track beater...

Evan, I got a few questions for you about tracking the WRX but maybe a new thread should be started since this one is complete overkill of For Sale.. :lol:

[Feersty]

Yeah not everyone can have two cars, and I certainly am not working while I am in college.

[Evan]

Gonna run downstairs and session old school NBA JAM on the Sega with a friend for a bit ^_^

Oh hell yes. I pull out the Old genesis for some NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat II occasionally.

[WRXtranceformed]

Update :

Got my father's old 'Yota for free ! He decided this was a good excuse to buy himself a 2005 Tundra, so I get the hand-me-down free of payments. Pretty sweet deal imo, gives me some more cash to save / put into my car =p

Decided against an STI for now (unless Aaron finds me a sick deal ?!?). I'd like to wait until the '06 comes out to see what if any body style changes and performance upgrades have been made. Should give me a chance to save a little money as well as throw some more into this car for fun. Carmax also quoted me an insultingly low value to buy my car ($14,400), though I could probably sell it to a private buyer for 19-20k. May eventually go the EVO route as well, totally depends on the flow and on my impulsive mood when I'm spending it heh.

[Nis01]

Grats! Def. a pretty sweet deal. Can't go wrong with a hand me down.. money wise.